Bloodbook On The Half Shell

[D]Rowing ringing cares a flinging
[D]As we ride this boat of hide
[D]All eagle-eyed and dignified
[D]Down the river [D]across the [C]great [Bb]divide
[Bb]Words beside
[Bb]At the highest of tides
With my [A]bona fide bride
[A]She's my
[A]Touring guide
And yes we [G]both do reside
[G]On this riverside
[G]Where we [D]hide
[D]Vacation's a lot of work
[D]But here we are with ringing bells
[D]And floating on this cockleshell
[D]My pal Grins
[D]Hugs the [C]wind and [Bb]sighs
[Bb]We realize
[Bb]With our blank minds aside
Only to [A]see the mystery
[A]Of many books floating free
And those [G]books are free indeed
There's one caught in the weed
Let's get [D]it
[C]Go get that [Bb]lovely book
[C]Let's grab those [Bb]lovely books
[C]Gather up [Bb]all these books
[C]We're gettin' [D]looks looks
We're gettin' [D]the looks
[C]These lovely [Bb]bloody books
[C]Arms full of [Bb]lonely books
[C]Freely col[Bb]lecting books
[C]We're getting [Bb]funny looks

[C]While we are
[A]Stacking
Organizing
[B]Fil[C]ing
[A]Piling way up high and [B]ri[C]sing
[A]Dewey dusty
Decimal[B]iz[C]ing
[A]Sorting
Tracking
System[B]izi[C]ng
[G]Can't believe we found this [A]vin[Bb]tage
[G]We now have such great ad[A]van[Bb]tage
[G]Great they'll look in our li[A]bra[Bb]ry
[G]Let's get goin
And let us [A]hu[Bb]rry

[D]Now now
[D]Hey hey hey
[D]What do they say
[D]Collections sit and beg to play
[D]Wanting to give
[D]And speak with us
[D]But neatly packed
And [D]nicely [C]put [Bb]away
[Bb]What to do
[Bb]For I've heard they are good
But we've [A]also been told
They can't be understood
By s[G]impletons like me
And should never be
So why try[D]
[C]Crack in to [Bb]all those books
[C]The lovely [Bb]bloody books
[C]We open [Bb]up these books
[C]We taking [D]looks looks
[D]We're taking a look

[D]Time to [Bb]hit the books
[C]The lovely [Bb]bloody books
[C]Arms full of [Bb]lovely books
[C]Open up [Bb]all these books
[C]It's got the
[A]Words of one who made the [B]ri[C]ver
[A]Blood that's flowing through the [B]so[C]il
[A]I got books I just don't [B]read [C]them
[A]Cleaning scraps up from the [B]tab[C]le
[G]Flippin through with fingers [A]poin[Bb]ting
[G]At the letter and the [A]num[Bb]bers
[G]Straining eyes and feeling [A]bet[Bb]ter
[G]Wonderin how to be [A]mem[Bb]bers
[D]How now

(Whistle moment)
And I'm [A]turning the page
While on
[A]Center stage
It is [G]starting to sink
And I'm to the brink
With my [F#]plans in pencil
While the vision's in ink
What to think [Bb]
[F#]My left brain tells me [G]I'm a [A]fool
[F#]My right brain tells me [A]It's [B]true
[F#]I only am [G]knowing [A]one thing
[F#]I like hearing [A]good [B]news
[D]It's [B]true
[D]It's [B]true
[D]It's [B]true And it's false
[D]Gonna[B] cost
[D]mysel[B]f
[D]For these [B]books
[D]Taking [B]one second look
Gonna [A]call my [B]counsel[C]or now
[D]He's gonna [B]clear
[D]Clear confu[B]sion
[D]Then explain [B]everything
[F#]These books steer our [G]ship with [A]good news
[F#]For now I got nothing [A]to [B]lose
[C]My [B]brother
[C]Rem[B]embers
[C] [B]
[A] thousand
I [C]can't [B]quote you one line
But [C]oh [B]now
[C]I [B]shall
[C]Know [B]all of your ways
With [A]warm cockles in to [B]my [C]heart
And [D]dancing to [B]hits
And [D]skipping ar[B]ound
A[D]round on un[B]sinkable ships

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